Funny... those of you who know Ansel well, know that he often recites lyrics, from popular songs of yore... he remembered Patty Page very well, but couldn't remember her infamous song Old Cape Cod... he could almost do most of the Tennessee Waltz... but no glimmer of recognition of Old Cape Cod... of course growing up on the Cape... it was a banner song... I assumed everyone born before 1945 knew it.Our destination is 5 MacPherson Way, Eastham, Mass.. My family home, that my sister Bonnie and her husband Dick now own. My father built the house in 1956. Both my mother and father were raised in Quincy, MA a suburb of Boston… Quincy is probably most well known as home to the John Adams. They purchased the 3 acres on Cape Cod in 1955 and lived in an army tent on the property while building the house. I am the youngest of four. My mother's sister, "Ah"ntie Bert bought the adjoining property and built a quaint little house 1/8 of a mile up the road. She was a single mother with two boys, so the six of us kids were all raised together.
When my mother died in 1995, Bonnie and Dick were able to purchase the home from the estate and keep it in the family. I suppose of all the siblings, I benefit the most since I live so far away and that is where I stay when I visit. Bonnie and Dick have done a considerable amount of updating and remodeling, but the house is basically the same. It sits within the Cape Cod National Seashore Park, which preserves the 30 miles of ocean shoreline from Eastham to Provincetown. The park was created in 1963 and it just about takes an act of Congress just to build a privacy fence. The Stevens house across the way, was built in the 1700’s. The town of Eastham was incorporated in 1651, farming of asparagus and white turnips was the main industry as Eastham didn’t have a harbor, oh yeah, I mean "hah-ba".
Ansel enjoyed meeting my sister and family. The first night we were there we had a delicious bbq dinner on the deck. Megan (the middle niece) and her family came over to join us and meet Ansel.
Bonnie, Brandon, Scott, Blake Bruce, Megan and Dick 
Ansel as close to putting his toes in the sand as he's gonna get. We just couldn't convince him that taking his boots off and pushing his bear toes down into the white sands was the thing to do... We are at Coast Guard Beach in Eastham, this is on thet eastern shore of the Cape which runs north and south in the Atlantic ocean SW of Boston. We used tell visitors that this was as close as you'd probably ever get to Spain. (However I think Maine probably has us beat, but that's what we used say anyhow)
Bonnie is explaining how much of the beach has been washed away by storms over the last 30 years.
Again... the scooter was a life saver. I certainly makes all things possible for Ansel to see and get close to... It was the best purchase yet. (this trip I kept the battery charger with the scooter)
